09/07/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. If you put in an order for fine weekend weather,

so far so good. Saturday was dry for the bulk of the UK,

delivered some pleasant sunshine, as well, from the Isle of Wight,

as you can see from this Weather Watcher picture,

into much of Scotland, as you can see from St Andrews.

I say "much of Scotland" because not everywhere had the sunshine.

We have a weather system just fringing the very far

north of Scotland, and during Saturday for the Western Isles then

the Northern Isles, the far north of the mainland,

that did deliver a bit of rain.

And for part two of the weekend, during Sunday, that is

edging a little bit further south across Scotland

and eventually taking that rain into Northern Ireland,

which had a lovely Saturday. So not quite as spectacular for Sunday.

And for England and Wales there'll be a bit more cloud around,

the chance for one or two showers, and perhaps for eastern

England into the afternoon

and evening the odd heavy one with maybe a rumble of thunder.

Outbreaks of rain pushing south across Scotland.

That means through the central belt, too, then into Northern Ireland.

That will hold the temperature down into the mid-teens,

where you have some of that.

But still some heat, maybe as high as 29 Celsius,

and humid, too, in parts of south-east England.

But it is the last day of heat like that, because this weather

system is moving south across the UK during Monday.

There's still another push of fresher air to follow with that.

And there'll be showers around -

nothing more than that - on this weather system sinking its way

southwards, so some rain Sunday night in northern England

and then showers developing elsewhere during Monday,

sunshine and showers, and it will be a little bit cooler,

temperatures into the teens for most of us

and cooler compared with the weekend, too, in south-east England

but still pleasant when you're in some sunshine.

There'll be showers around again during Tuesday,

but then we're watching this weather system as it targets

the southern half of the UK later on Tuesday into Tuesday night

not just with showers but some rain.

But then again, it has been so dry and very warm for some here,

you may appreciate a shot of rain on the garden through

parts of England and Wales, especially the further south

you are, as we go on though Tuesday afternoon and into Tuesday night,

potentially quite heavy for a time in south-east England

before, as we go into Wednesday, that pulls away, clears away,

and heads off into Continental Europe.

And then for Wednesday we're in a gap between weather systems,

this little ridge of high pressure moving in.

So Wednesday's one of the better days

if you like fine weather as we go through this week.

There'll be a mixture of cloud, sunshine,

the odd light shower breaking out - most places will be dry -

and temperatures fairly close to average for the time of year,

maybe a little bit cooler in some spots,

but then again there will be some sunny spells around.

The gap between weather systems is very brief, though.

By Thursday, we have another one coming.

Notice how far north of the UK the area of low pressure is.

But it's around that we have these weather fronts draped,

and they dump most of their moisture towards the north-west.

And as they move south, they turn showery,

and they're not going to reach much of southern and eastern parts

of the UK until Thursday night, so until then a fine Thursday.

Another gap between weather systems,

another ridge of high pressure on Friday,

but we have another area of low pressure

and some rain to move through as we go into the start of the weekend.

And by then, the breeze will be picking up, as well.

And it's all part and parcel of what is a changeable weather

pattern for next weekend, even into the start of the following week,

so occasionally you get a ridge of high pressure and it's fine,

you get some sunshine, occasionally you get some wet weather

moving through courtesy of low pressure.

It looks a breezier affair next weekend, though,

and although relatively warm at times across parts of

south-east England, for much of the UK it is looking on the cool side.

And that's your latest weather for the week ahead.